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I'm Behind the 8 Ball Already with 500 Tons of Railroad Ballast Coming In
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- Опубліковано 6 лип 2024
- 500 tons of ballast for the railroad are to be delivered today but they've got 100 tons dumped already before I got there. Some pretty cool views from different angles on the wheel loader as I'm stock piling the ballast.
Check out my other You Tube channel with more cool railroad and
rail fanning videos along with other adventures Dave has:
/ @thatsdavesotherdoings
Disclaimer: I am an employee of Iron Senergy at Cumberland
Mine. My job is railroad track maintenance. I am very fortunate to
have this job and everyone at the mine is very fortunate to have
Iron Senergy as it's current owner. Our past owners had every
intention of shutting this mine down, but Iron Senergy took
over and have kept this mine alive.
Please understand: I am NOT in any way an official or unofficial
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opinions or anything that I show in the videos, or write in the video
descriptions or any answer to any comment, should NEVER be
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Iron Cumberland, Cumberland Mine, any of the mine's management,
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Any viewpoints or opinions I may make in the videos, in the
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Iron Synergy or any one at Iron Senergy or Cumberland Mine
necessarily has or makes.
Again, we are very fortunate to have Iron Senergy as our current
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Dave! You certainly have some fun toys to play with at work!!!! I’m so envious and jealous!
You are right about that Dale, and they buy me the toys and then even pay me to play with them! Really appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Another brilliant video by the most friendliest honest real man, Dave! Always looking forward to your videos. Cheers from Western Australia 🇦🇺
Thank you for the kind words Alasdair, glad you enjoyed this one. Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Dave, I'm very impressed how you maneuvered the wheel loader stockpiling the ballast. Your experience and skill was clearly evident...
Thank you for the nice comment Steve. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
I loved all the different views of moving ballast! Also, there is something immensely satisfying about listening to the rock slide out of the truck beds. Great video!
Thank you Erin and glad you enjoyed, I too like the sound of
the ballast sliding out of the trucks. Really appreciate your
taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very
good day my friend.
LOL... It's 3:50AM, I should have been in bed already, but I couldn't resist staying up to watch Dave's latest video, it was worth it!! My favorite GoPro view was the "Buckets eye view", very creative/imaginative doing all of those different views. Thanks for another great video, Dave. Stay safe, stay blessed.
Thank you for the nice comment Henry and hope you had some good dreams after watching the video. Really appreciate your checking it out and may you have a very good day my friend.
Like playing with a really big Tonka Toy, how I miss those days. Have a Great Day 😀
Your right about that Anthony. When I was a kid played with the Tonka toys and Matchbox toys. Now the company buys me these
big expensive toys and then pays me to play with them.... :-)
Thank you for taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
That was oddly therapeutic.
Glad it made you feel better Jeff, I get a good feeling when they
bring ballast in too. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
You sure did get that pile of stone sorted out .now you have plenty to go at 👍👍👍👍
All in a days work John, but it didn't take long. I'm very lucky to
get ballast in even if a few trucks dump in the wrong place. Really appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
That bucket moves lots of stone in a short order. Always fun stuff. Thanks Dave.
It does a good enough job for the small amount of ballast we
have here William, although I'm dreaming of getting a big CAT 980
loader, 3 buckets to fill one triaxle truck. Thank you for taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Teamwork, all them little stones, together each one can make the loaders job really hard.
Your right about that EJ. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
I love all the different views from your GoPro. Very creative. Thanks for another great video. I do t know ow anyone that loves their job more than you do. You are blessed to have a job like this. It’s not work when you love it.
Thank you for the nice comment Beverly, glad you enjoyed the different views, that was a lot of fun to make them. Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Good looking ballast too bad for dumb truck drivers but someone had to fix the mistake great video thanks Dave
You are right Gary, it is the perfect size for ballast. Guess that guy who dumped there wanted to get it close to the loading ramp.... :-) Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
I like the variety of angles there, Dave. And a video with a Kenworth and a Peterbilt can't be bad at all. 🤠👍
Thank you for the nice comment Scotty. Really appreciate your
taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good
day my friend.
20 👍's up TR thank you for sharing 🤗
Thank you for the nice comment Scott and glad you enjoyed. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Hi Dave & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Dave & Friends Randy
Thank you for the nice comment Randy and glad you enjoyed. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Hope you and your family had a happy 4th! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Daniel and yes it was a good day, wishing the same for you also. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Awesome coverage and great go pro positions Dave, love you take us to work with you, through your videos!
Thank you for the nice comment and glad you enjoyed this one
Dave. We certainly do appreciate your taking the time to watch
and may you have a very good day my friend.
Awesome action shots Dave, always a pleasure to watch you operate. Some good looking trucks there..
Thank you Pappy and glad you enjoyed. Really appreciate your
taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very
good day my friend.
Just think that back in the early 1900's all this would have been shoveled by hand! Makes you wonder how people survived back in those days. Another great video of what goes on with a railroad.
Your right about that Dave, load it into a gondola and use a ballast fork to hand shovel it out, then hand shovel it back in the track.
Those were some real hard working men in those days. We do
love hydraulics now tho! Thank you for watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Very cool I like to see lots of ballast. Enjoyed watching Dave and have a wonderful upcoming week.(Steve)
Come on over and help me spread this ballast Steve, I hear
you have good experience doing that. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 yes indeed I wished I could be right over Dave. You are very welcome also.
Nice video! The different views were interesting to watch. Those are points of view you don't get to see! But as a kid, I got to ride in a big scoop, standing up and hanging on to where my dad told me to. He was driving it and that was a super cool ride and view indeed! One of the views looked like it was clamped at the top of the scoop!
The deliveries went fast!
Thanks for sharing,😊 stay safe and healthy!
Thank you for the nice comment Trena. I bet those were some
very fond memories of you riding with your dad. Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Best of luck Ron !!
Thank you Randy. Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
I was counting those rocks and lost count, now I've got to start all over again. 1gazillion and 1, 1 gazillion and 2... Thanks Mr. Dave, that's a bunch of rock, I sure would hate to have to move them all with a wheelbarrow.
That's what we do on our lunch break Rick, inventory the number
of rocks in that pile.... :-) Seriously tho I cannot imagine the number of stones we've gone thru over the years, it would have
to be in the gazillions. Thank you very much for taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
That's a lot of ballast!
It's typically what we get in 400 tons at a time, we use it up
pretty quick tho. Thank you for watching and may you have a very good day.
Thank you for sharing Dave! I imagine it feels good once in awhile to have some low stress work, like moving ballast. I can see why you love railroading so must, you never have a chance to get bored!
Thank you for the nice comment Raymond and yep I like days
they bring ballast in, don't have to worry bout getting hit by the
train..... low stress.... :-) Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Wow how fun playing with all those toys. Looks like you've done it a few times
How cool is that Bill. They buy these big expensive machines,
buy the fuel for them, pay for repairs and let me play with them
and then pay me to play! Thank you for watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Great work Dave, but listening to the back up beeping all day would drive me more bonkers than I already am. Have a great day.
You get used to it after awhile Lewis, it's Fed law that each
piece of equipment on mine property have a back up alarm,
and with good reason for that. Really appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
The main difference between men and boys is that men play with bigger toys. Lol! Nice work, Dave.
Your right about that Cory. The cool thing is the company buys
these expensive toys, pays for all the maintenance on them, and
then pays me to play with them! Thank you for taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Every time I've had to load or haul ballast it's been for wash outs so it ends up being some long days and nights. Hopefully your ballast is for maintenance or a track project. Take care
Luckily Chris we've never had a washout, track dropped many
times but never like you are saying. We have hauled a lot
of ballast in the past on slip areas, as well as rip rap. But most
of the ballast is for normal tamping or cribbing. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks Dave 😊
Your very welcome Frank. Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Wow that's a lot of rock.. Good video as always. Have a good day.
We'll use her up in no time Wondering Lens and glad you enjoyed. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Cool stuff as usual. Nice idea using the different camera views. Have a great day Dave.
Glad you enjoyed it Ric, was a lot of fun playing around with
those cam angles. Thanks so much for stopping by and checking
out the video my friend.
Great video Dave and that’s railroadin
Thank you for the nice comment Mike. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Looks like good rock material, I hope that's not crusher run,we don't like crusher run at our work place but its cheaper than the good rock,as always I love watching your railroad show,catch ya on the next one 😊
It is the perfect size for ballast Big Mack although it does have
too much dust in it for my liking. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 thank you very much Dave 😊
@@bigmackstruckstop9213 😊👍
Great video Dave ,,,say the word and I’ll have 2 hirail dump trucks 4 railevators a few MKIV tampers and a wack of regulators down there and we’ll take care of that stone lol ,,, keep them coming
I will expect delivery of those early in the morning Mike, 7AM will
be fine and I don't mean 7:05 either. Of course you will be there
as section foreman to coordinate those machines, couple of
good days and we can get our entire track rehabilitated with you
in control. Don't forget to bring the company credit card so
you can take me and the gang out for steak dinners after work. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
That tunnel is so cool! I don't think I've ever seen one so round like that, it almost looks like it was made from a drain pipe. Just awesome, I want to use that design on my train layout now. I'm going to save a few screenshots on this video and see if I can recreate it 😁
Thats Mapletown Tunnel and goes under Mapletown Road, it is made out of corrugated sheet so like a huge drain pipe. You can se it on a few of Dave's videos like Riding the Rails MP12.5 to MP 16 End of Line
It is very heavy corrugated sheets that are rounded in shape, all
the sheets are bolted together. It is very strong. I don't have a
video of an up close shot tho, if you want to email me I can
send photos. My email can be found on my home channel page
under About Me tab. Thank you very much for taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Thank you!
Hey dave that's my kind of play date, used to love moving stuff mostly snow with a wheel loader.
Come on over next time and show me the right way to run a
loader Kenn.... :-) You can play all you want with my stone when
you come, and no fish in the pond yet. Great to hear from you
again and hope all is well with you guys. Thank you for
taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very
good day my friend.
Some days I think you have the coolest job, getting to play with the BIG toys.
Hope you and Mrs. Dave had a safe and Happy Independence Day.
Thank you for the nice comment Robert and you're right about that, this is a pretty cool job. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Dave, they’re going to have to hire 5 people to replace you when you retire! Have a great day Bud! Happy rails! 😃👍❤️🚂💨💨💨💨💨🚙
Thank you for the kind words Train Chasers, but like one of our
old bosses used to say, when one monkey in the circus dies, they
just go get another monkey. Well he died and guess what, they
got another monkey to replace him.... :-) Thank you for taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Heya Dave.
Awesome video. You always show us things that go on that folks just don't think about. I appreciate your videos my friend. Thanks so much
Thank you for the nice comment Clark and glad you enjoyed. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
All in a days work. Just show up to work and take information from that point. Thanks for the ride. I learned a lot.
Your right about that Dan, every day is a new adventure here.... :-) Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Nice looking ballast really no fines to speak of🚛🪨🪨🪨👷♂️🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲
There is some dust in it Doug. Will have a video coming out
sometime on all about ballast and show you the differences
in the ballast from a couple of different quarries. Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 looking forward to that Dave👍
Are there ANY jobs there at the mine railroad that do not make you smile? I'm betting no.
As usual YA DONE GOOD.
I do enjoy my work Zalmaflash, although this real hot high humidity weather we are having now doesn't suit me very well.
Thank you for watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Dave, that looks like a Crack going down the left arm of the loader, you get it looked at, if is, it can be welded up!
Yes it does kidkv, but that is a grease streak. It's okay don't worry.
Thank you for watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Dave, you're a man of many talents. Working different start times with a good attitude is even better yet. Good job, and great work ethic.
Thank you for the nice comment Cecil and glad you enjoyed. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Enjoyed seeing all the different views on this Dave. When they took all that stone away in the other video I wonder why they did not get it delivered to the other site from the quarry.
Glad you like the different views Cedarcam. It was fun making
that video doing that. Those triaxles I loaded in the other video
we gave them that ballast, so that is why the contractor didn't
get it from the quarry. Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Thanks for the explanation Dave and I bet it was fun seeing what the video recorded was like cos you would not know what it would turn out like while the cam screen was not in your view. Done that a few times on our heritage railways recently instead of hanging out of a window, they are getting monitored by regulators and I think soon they will put a stop to people being able to do that anymore, which is a real shame
@@cedarcam 👍😊
All that grave to move, I bet you enjoyed every minute! Thanks for sharing.
Always a good day when ballast gets delivered Brian. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Glad you realize how blessed you are, Dave.
You've got a job like I wanted all my working career - something a bit different every day.
Glad to see you are doing well.
Take care and best wishes - from your fellow Pennsylvanian just about 100 miles north of you.
"God is a great boss!"
Thank you for the nice comment Trainman2K and your right, it's always something different here and the variety is what
really helps. I used to load barges and you'd sit in the same spot for 12 hours every day or night and all you did was load barge after barge after barge, this is so much nicer. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Nice Video.
Thank you Derrick. Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Well...........while youve been loading gravel, my step-grandsons little league baseball team won a Championship Game in Davenport Iowa! Not too shabby for a group of 12 year olds!
That's awesome Paul! I used to coach baseball, little league and
Pony league so you know baseball interests me. Hope his team
can stay together and do well in high school. Thank you very much for taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 they were behind in the Championship Game, the other side took out their good pitcher, and my step-grandsons team pulled off an upset, and won 10-2! So now, i am going to take him out for a nice dinner, he deserves it!
@@paulsmith5398 👍👍👍
Well, I’m right there with you brother. My mule is a Cat 930 G with a 3 yard high lift. Run one all day to fire up a video of another guy doing the same thing.😂
There you go Roger, I wish mine was a CAT. This Case is well
used and shaky. Hope I did all right for a professional watching me? Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 no complaints from this guy! You’re a pro!
@@rogerallen6644 😊👍😎
Hay Dave is there any way to mark the area for dumping the ballast? so you do not have to correct
the location of the pile , so that the access ramp remains clear? you must have a good time using
the big equipment! it makes the tasks so much easier! have a great one Dave!
Next time I need to park that hi lift so it blocks the ramp and
they can't dump there Barry! I've done that in the past and it
works. Thank you for watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Dave Rocks!
Dave has rocks in his head at night after a day of getting ballast in 1208 Bug.... :-) Thank you very much for taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Ya work in some beautiful country. Bet ya see alot of wildlife too.
Thanks Clark it is nice around here. Some days we see plenty of
deer along the tracks and some days we don't see a one. Plus
there is always the birds, some squirrels, we've seen a couple
of bears and a few coyotes. One of the train operators a few years ago said he saw a mountain lion, but no one believes him.
@ccrx6700
I totally believe it. Probably migrating through. No one believes I saw a coyote in front of my gym last week, until the video proved otherwise lolll.
Ya never know....
@@clarklindquist8137 😊👍
Never a dull moment there
Your right about that David, always a new adventure here, but I
do like the variety. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks for the video!
Seemed as if you were competing with Vulcan (the god of engineering) to build mountains.
I think the gold medal will go to him tho Robin..... :-) Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Another cool video bringing back memories! Thanks! :)
Your welcome S and glad you liked this one. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
60 degrees? I'm envious.
Well that video was made awhile ago Rudolph, it's been really
hot here lately with temps in the high 80's and low 90's and very
dry. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
You got cheated Dave! Less than 22 ton.
I was good for 23 and told the quarry loader operator load me like Rasin Brand " 2 Scoops" and a pinch. Would come out perfect every time 😮😂.
Baby bobcat 👶 wants to come and clean around the edges for ya😂
BB is welcome to come and play in my stone Richard. For the past
several years the trucks have dropped their tonnages down from
23 to 21 or 22, for some reason the quarry made that rule. Even
those trucks with the two steering axles only bring in 22. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 😄😄😄
Thanks Dave 😊. Will tell Baby 👶 Bobcat.
He's under a shade tree 🌳 tonight 😀 😊.
Stay cool 😎 🧃🧊🧊🥶 and toast a Gatorade 🥂!!! To you my friend 😀 .
Hi Dave, I am confused. Why do you continuously need new ballast? Where does the existing ballast go and why can't it be brought back up in place and used to be tamped back into the tracks?.
Good question Terry. When we're cribbing out the ties then all
the ballast has to get replaced including both shoulders. Also
typically when I tamp I lift the track up and we sometimes dump
new ballast down, sometimes we pull the shoulders in if there
is enough rock on the sides to do that. But even doing that eventually we have to add more ballast, plus I like to keep a lot
of ballast on the shoulders, helps prevent heat buckles and
track from sliding out in the curves. Some railroads don't use
as much ballast per mile as we do, varying road masters have
varying opinions on how much ballast they want in their tracks.
Thank you for watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Dave, what are they gonna do when you retire?
Thank you for the kind comment Tim, but like one of our old
bosses said, when one monkey dies in the circus, they just go
get another monkey.... :-) Really appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
They must figure closer is better for your rock car loading dock if not instructed otherwise. That machine sure can't climb over or around & not get bottomed out.
They must figure that Al, I try to be here early before any trucks
come in so they won't do that, but didn't make it in time that day.
Thank you for taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Sounds like that machine might need some grease. I wonder how many tons of rock has been used to build & maintain that railroad. That stuff isn't cheap. There must be a lot of coal down there.
Ballast is $18 a ton delivered here Bill, fairly reasonable pricing
but Im like you, wonder how many tons we have in our track,
it would probably boggle my mind if I knew. Thank you for watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Try not to load more than 16t in a day and stay out of the company store!
My grandfather owed his soul to the company store in Nemacolin,
he worked at Nemacolin mine back in the 1940's and 50's. That
was a way of life for the miners back then Joshua. The company store had everything you needed and were happy to take the money out of your pay for what you bought. Now Walmart, Lowes and Aldis' are happy to take my pay.... :-) Thank you for taking
the time to check out the video and may you have a very
good day my friend.
Hi Dave, What type of rock is that? Here in West Central Wisconsin the rail roads usually use Granite trap rock. There are lots of limestone quarrys nearby. I dont believe the railroads use much of that because it tends to break down over the years.
We get limestone Log Dog, because there is no granite available. Obviously granite is much better, you are right in that. Limestone will break down over the years. Thank you for visiting with us to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Hi Dave, The Granite is at least 3 to 4 time the cost of limestone. Just for the material, limestone is about 10$ per ton. The granite is about 40$, this doesn't include trucking. Have a good day 2 friend.
@logdog8920 👍😊 Thanks Log Dog
Hey Dave... who figures what qty to order...500 ton 25 truck loads avg 20 ton per truck...
We generally get 400 tons at a time Donald, that is one good
days work if the quarry has the trucks that day to bring all that
much in one day, they usually do. Sometimes if we are doing
a lot of cribbing or tamping, then I will ask for more. I am the
one who requests ballast and how much. They have never
denied or questioned me when I ask, which is awesome. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Nice! What is ballast classified as from the quarry in terms of Under x Over y or whatever?
There are different quarries across the country that have different
terms for the same size stone 4 SL. Some have modified, some
over, under, etc. For instance one quarry calls a certain size stone
used for driveways as 2B and the same stone at a neighboring
quarry they call it 57's. The quarry we get this ballast from classifies it simply as #3 stone. That is not the same as an R3, the R designation is for rip rap. Thank you very much for checking
out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
I was going to say they weren't piling the stone very high in the dump trucks. Most around here have them piled above the side boards.
Quarry loads the trucks a bit light anymore because of Pa. DOT
regulations Greg. They used to load the trucks up more, but a
few years ago that changed. Thank you for watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
В России щебень под железнодорожные пути разрешается только определенный использовать. Какой попало щебень нельзя сыпать.
Thank you for visiting with us to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
What kind of rock is ballast made of? And what size is it? (my driveway for example uses 6/7 crushed limestone.)
That is limestone, deep mined rock Scott and it is classified as
#3, about the size of tennis balls. It would make a great base
for your driveway, but then you'd need to put that crushed limestone you have on top of it. Thank you for watching and may you have a very good day my friend.
Hello Dave, I was driving up 79 going home from Baltimore yesterday (July 9th). I was looking for where your Railroad goes under 79, is it before or after Waynesburg? Thank you, sir.
If you were coming from the south (Morgantown) the tracks
go under 79 about a hundred yards before the Kirby exit and
Waynesburg would be the next exit David. Interesting someone hit
a bear at the Waynesburg exit yesterday, very unusual. Thank you very much for taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Thank you for your answer. I did not hear about the bear being hit. Stay safe and thank you for doing what you do.
@@davidmorgan9290 😊👍
Are there a lot of fines mixed in that?
Not as much as some quarries have and more than some other
quarries have Kevin. I'm going to have a video out sometime
all about ballast and will talk about the fines in the ballast in
that video. Thank you for taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Dave I am very disappointed just a 3 yard bucket in a mining operation
We are lucky to even have this Case loader Donald. We used to
have to take the Cat IT24 loader and drive it out here then drive
it back every day we wanted to run ballast, it only has a 2 yard
bucket on it. Then they bought this one off a rental company
and gave it to us to keep at the ballast pile. I need a CAT 980!
Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
And I’m just curious how many trucks it took to deliver 500 tons of ballast?
Typically there is around 21 to 22 tons of ballast in each triaxle
truck Tom. You can do the math for the number of trucks. Really appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 , much appreciate your response. And good luck getting all that Ballast out on the line.
@@tomc9299 😊👍
What size aggregate? It does look bigger than 11/2
#3 ballast is about the size of tennis balls, 3 inch which is why
they call it #3, it's the perfects size for track ballast Lawrence.
Glad you could drop by to watch my friend and may you have
a very good day.
@@ccrx6700 I am a retired quarry guy.
Getting it staged Thumbs up 👍
Thank you for the nice comment Clarence and glad you enjoyed. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Dave, how would you like a cab ride on the real KLS&C 85? This was our scenic train run from Paw Paw to Lawrence, MI. I made this run many, many times.
I just found this video taken in the early spring of 1989. It wasn't long after this video, I started to get training to engineer 85. That began my love affair with this engine until the end in December 1994. I hope you enjoy this video.
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If you go to part 2, the caboose ride back, I have a brief distant cameo appearance beside the conductor at our "Depot" in Paw Paw at the end of the video.
Dave, I hope you enjoy both. Try not to be too critical of our track work! We sure could have used you!
That was my railroading! Still extremely enjoyable for a model railroader now getting to operate real equipment!
Thank you very much for sharing that cab ride with me, it was
a fun ride down track KLS&C. No doubt it is always a thrill for
you to run. Nice, not a lot of those GP7's still operating that
I know of, they were one of the big reasons why EMD did so
well bad then. Really great to see it's still in use. I'll try to find part 2 tomorow when I have more time.
@@ccrx6700 I am glad you liked the video. The KLS&C went belly up the end of 1994. That was when I had to leave. Later, I don't know the cause, but 85 derailed and the frame got bent. Later 85 went to scrap. The Hartford end of the railroad is still in use. Someday, I should go there and visit.
For me, 85 was a pleasure to engineer. Every trip in the cab was a joy.
Thankfully, I never hit a car as either engineer or conductor. I had a few very close calls. One was with kids and an older car. They saw the engine while I was backing up light and assumed I was going the other way. When they realized their mistake, instead of hitting 85 in the fuel tank, they swerved missing the crossbuck mounted on a section of rail and ended up nose down in a ditch. My conductor talked to the kids. They were fine. And happy that all they hit was the ditch.
@@klsc8510 how sad it got scrapped. Im sure it was a total pleasure for you. Nice 😊👍
Sometimes, the faster you work the behinder you get. About that time I just quit and have a beer.
Coal miner's motto is, when the going gets tough, the tough go
drinking..... :-) Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
*_I was about to comment that you should put a GoPro on the top of the bucket looking down a bit and then before I was able to comment the Gopro was on the bucket and I was like WOW. He knew what I was thinking before I even commented... I had no Idea you were psychic....._* 🧞♂🧞♂🧞♂🧞♂
Always willing to please my viewers David, anything for you!
Thought I'd do a little experimenting with the GoPro. Appreciate very much your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.